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Around the Internet => Mustachianism Around the Web => Topic started by: bacchi on February 26, 2021, 12:34:58 PM
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tl;dr A frugal assistant principal starts an innovative personal finance program at his high school.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-one-high-school-is-teaching-hundreds-of-students-to-become-millionaires-2019-05-03?mod=article_inline
The kids get paid, learn about checking accounts, and invest in index funds in their Roth IRAs.
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Very neat program, definitely will be life changing for many. I wish that some financial literacy was taught in all high schools.
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This is awesome! I wish all schools would teach this as well.
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That's amazing, it's really going to make a difference for all those kids, and probably many of their families as well. Hopefully they are able to expand the program to more schools, with such a promising start.
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This sounds wonderful. I like how actual money is involved to help the lessons really stick. I vaguely remember doing some stock market game stuff in math class back in the day but it still seemed pretty abstract with no skin in the game.